This very, very hilarious interview with Kristin Hersh discusses the recent recording sessions for a new Throwing Muses record — the first in almost ten years. “It’s EPIC,” said Hersh: “It’s the record that’s going to kill us.” In this brave new…

Yay, it’s a fun profile of T editor Sally Singer, possibly the last remaining truly interesting person in media! The one minor quibble I have with this discussion of the Times’ fashion mag is the idea that intellectual reading…

*The Wizard of Menlo Park

* The Wizard of Photography

* The Wizard of Bras

* The Wizard of Ahhs

“A bolt of panic shot through my body as Tom continued shitting HR-speak from his mouth, repeating phrases like ‘skill set’ and ‘moving forward’ until I eventually tuned him out.”
 — The Way We Get Laid Off Now.

The good china really isn’t all that good but it probably hasn’t had my junk on it recently, so, you know, l’chaim.Wed Feb 16 02:09:34 via web

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Good to see that America’s youth is concerned about consequences: “A motive has been revealed in the Arlington Heights home burglary from three weeks ago, where burglars poisoned the family goldfish by pouring hot sauce, ketchup, mustard…

This seems like something you might want to jump on: “In September of 2006, the Wordless Music series presented its first concert at the 250-capacity Good Shepherd Faith Church on West 66th Street in New York City. Five years later, we are slightly shocked and humbled…

Congratulations to Awl pal Katie Baker, who will be doing her sportswriting thing at the new shop Bill Simmons is setting up at ESPN. We’re very excited about this.

Who is taking me to see The Great Bear?

Jonathan and his little sister Sophie are on holiday at they grandfather’s cabin deep in the forest. Jonathan tries to get rid of Sophie, but when he finally succeeds, it’s in a way Jonathan would never have imagined.

This exists.

To Britain, where one salesman took the concept of “glassing” to a whole new level: “A cold-calling salesman threatened to fine — and even kill — vulnerable pensioners if they didn’t buy new windows The bogus ‘businessman’ told Paul Shipman…

The future is now: “Last year while writing about students entering their first year of college I made an interesting observation: these newly commissioned freshman don’t use wristwatches. In fact, the wristwatch is so alien to this group of late…